Machine for attaching labels to bottles, glasses, and the like



JulyzG, 1932- c. A. CHRISTENSEN 1,868,933

MACHINE FOR ATTAGHING LABELS TO BOTTLES, GLASSES, AND THE LIKE Filed March 19, 1950 In yen'c wTI Patented July 26, 1932.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHRISTIAN ALBERT CHRISTENSEN, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK MACHINE FOB ATTACHING LABELS TO BOTTLES, GLASSES, AND THE LIKE Application filed March 19, 1930, Serial No. 437,148 and'ln Denmark March 20,1929.

and arranged in such a manner upon the head piece that there is always one pair extending vertically downwards, one pair almost horizontally outwards, and two pairs projecting out from the sides of the head piece, is actuated through suitable means from the driving motor to rotate by jerks, and between each movement is locked in position. This is effectuated in such a manner that the head piece at each turn is quickly moved a quarter of a revolution and thereupon locked rigidly until the next turn. According to the present invention this is attained by provid ing the said inclined shaft with a disc formed as a Maltese cross being provided with four deep incisions, the disc being rotated by jerks a quarter of a revolution every time a roll, mounted upon the one end of a double armed lever with rolls upon each end and which is rotated slowly and evenly by the driving motor, is inserted into and thereupon extracted from one of the said incisions of the disc. Between the incisions of the disc there are furthermore arranged shallow depressions for engagement by projections arranged crosswise to and between the arms of the double armed lever and thus secure the disc and with it the head piece with supports rigidly for a few moments.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, where Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the device,

Fig. 2 details seen from the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 a cross section of same after line ac in Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 details of Fig. 2 turned 90 from the position illustrated in Fig. 2.

The frame 1 of the machine carries at its upper end bearings 2 for a shaft 3 that carries a head piece 4 to which four pairs of F inclined and in pairs parallel supports 5 and 6 are attached. These supports are positioned in such a manner that there is always one pair extending vertically downwards, another pair projecting almost horizontally out from thehead piece 1, and two pairs 55 extending o'utto the sides from the head piece, only the one pair of which is visible in tl e'drawing, the other being covered from view. The supports 5 and 6 carry label holders 7 and 8, each of which consists of two 00 plates normallyheld in position by means of coil springs 9, but otherwise rotatably mounted on the supports. The labels and 11 are carried on the label holders 7 and 8 by means of an adhesive material applied to the label 65 holders in known manner. The labels 10 and 11 are arranged in piles 12 and 13 at the top of the frame 1, and the bottles 14 are fed on a transporter l5 operated by the driving motor from left to right as seen in Fig. 1, in between the label holders 7 and 8 on the vertically depending supports 5 and 6, and are here provided with labels. The head piece 4 is now turned a quarter of a revolution by means of the device described in the following. The'upper end of the frame 1 has bearings 17, only one of which is shown, for a shaft 16 rotated evenly by the driving motor. As illustrated in Fig. 3 this shaft carries a bevel gear wheel 18 meshing with another bevel gear 19 upon a short shaft 20 rotatably mounted in bearings 21 in the frame 1. The shaft 20 carries furthermore, a double armed lever 23 provided with rolls 22 at each end, andcrosswise to these arms two segmental projections 24, the outer curved surfaces 25 of which are cylindrical.

The shaft 3 carries a disc shaped as a Maltese cross being provided with four deep incisions 27, direct towards the centre. Between two and two of these incisions there are as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 shallow depressions 28 corresponding to the cylindrical surfaces 25 of the projections 24:. These devices are now adjusted in such a manner that when the roll 22 and the arm 23, upon being actuated to rotation by means of the bevel gear wheels 18 and 19 from the shaft 16, is carried into and again extracted from one of the incisions 27, the disc 26 will be turned a quarter of a revolution, and one of the projections 24 will engage one of the depressions 28 thus holding the shaft 3 and with it the head piece 4: rigidly a moment.

5 I claim In machines for attaching labels to bottles, glasses and the like, in which there is arranged at the upper end of the machine frame a shaft carrying a head piece provided with four m pairs of inclined, parallel supports to which the label holders are attached, and between which a transporter feeds the bottles to be labelled, a disc on the head piece carrying shaft formed as a Maltese cross by deep incisions towards the centre of the disc and having between two and .tWo of these incisions shallow depressions in the edge thereof, a short shaft mounted in bearings on the frame and having-segmental locking projections for engagement With. said'depressions, and having also outwardly extending arms attached thereto and crosswise to the aforesaid segmental projections, with rolls attached to their extreme ends and adjusted for engagement with the incisions of the disc, and bevel gearing at the endof the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

CHRISTIAN ALBERT, CHRXSTENSEN. 

